Stove frame



1,481,633 T. E. TAYLOR STOVE FRAME jan. 22 1924.

Filed Feb. 16, 1923 e @I o Patented llan.. 22,A 1924..`

1UNETED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE..

THOMAS E. TAYLOR, F MANSFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR T0 THE TAPPAN STOVE COM- PANY, MANSFIELD, OHIO, A CORPORATION 0F OHIO. y

STOVE FRAME.

Application led February 16, 1923.` Serial o.`619,408.

To all whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, THOMAS E. TAYLOR,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Manseld, in the county of Richland and l State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stove Frames,

of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention` relates to improvements in stove or range frames, and more particu- 1 larly to the main Jfront or oven door and door hinge carrying frame used in such ranges.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a generally improved main front or oven door frame made up of sections arranged and connected in an improved manner and resulting in economy in manufacture, use and repair.

A still further object is the provision of a providin certain advantages in the assemblage an disassemblage of the parts as well as'providing a certain flexibility at the joints a of the sections, thereby lessening the liability to damage or breakage while in use as well as `facilitating the replacement of worn or broken parts. l 4

A still further and very important object is the provision of improved hinge boxes or mountings for the. oven doors so that the doors and `hinge boxes or `mountings and springs may be readily mounted in proper position or be removed entirely from the outside of the range, thereby eliminating the neceity of removing oven linings or getting into Vthe inside of the oven as now required with the ordinary forms of oven door frames and hinge mountings.

A still further object is the provision of an improved oven door frame made up of improved under channelled' side and cross members suitably strengthened and reinforced at the bolt receiving openings thereof through the medium of transverse or cross ribs arranged 'about said bolt receiving openings and within such channelledportions of said frame. f l

With the above mentioned and other ends in' view, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts, hereinafter described, illustrated in one of its embodiments in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part front door or oven frame having sections.

members la.

of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the oven portion of a stove of the range type equippedl with an oven door and door hinge carrying frame constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2, an enlarged front elevation of the tangular form, as shown, and comprises the under channelled side members land cross The members 1 and 1al of the Ina-in door section or frame are preferably provided about their inner marginal edges with an inset marginal edge or flange a, to.

receive and/form a seat for the marginal edges of the 'main or baking oven door 3, when the latter is closed, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings.

' The lower or extension frame sections 2,

lare adapted to form the sides of the lower or broiler door o ening and to receive the marginal edges o the lower or broiler door 4, and these vertical frame members 2 are likewise provided with inset marginal portionsA b, to receive the edges of the door 4, the lower edges of the cross or intermediate memberla being provided with 4a marginal fiange c, to form a seatfor the upper edges of the lower or broiler oven door 4 when the latter is closed.

The channelled members of the frame sections land 2 are provided with suitably spaced fastener element or bolt receiving openings d, and as a' means of reinforcing the frame sections at such points` suitable cross orV transversely extending reinforcing ,t bolts 1, and nuts 1d, and said recesses 1b are adapted to removably receive and con- -tain suitable hinge boxes or casings 5, the upper portions of said hinge boxes 5 being provided with openings adapted to receive the outer ends of the fastening elements or bolts lc and to be held in position by the nuts 1d. As a means of removably securing and retaining the lower edges of the hinge boxes or casings 5, the latter are provided with flanges 5a and the' lower or frame extension members or sections 2 are provided with corresponding undercut recesses 2L and overhanging flanges 2, ,asA shown most clearly in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

As a means of removably connecting the upper endsof the frame extension sections 2 to the lower stub or extension members 1e of the main frame section, such members are provided with undercut recesses 2d, corresponding in dimensions to the dimensions of the extension members 1e so as to extend flush with the latter on the under sides, as shown most clearly in Fig. 3 of the drawings. As a means of connecting such extention sections 2 to the lower corner portions ofthe door section 1 and particularly to the depending or stub members le, Suitable screws 2e, may be passed through the openings 2?, (see Fig. 2) and through the corresponding screw receiving openings 1f, of thev frame portions 1. y

As a means of removably receiving and carrying the hinge members or lugs of the lower or broiler door 4, the vertical members or sections 2 terminate at their lower ends in hinge lugs 2g, provided with suitable openings or bearing recesses 2h, the lower ends of lthe lower oven door sections or members 2 being secured to the horizontal base band 6, of the stove ,frame by means of attaching bolts or elements 7, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

Having thus described one of the embodiincassa ments of my invention, without having attempted to set forth all the-forms in which yframe members depending therefrom and terminating in hinge lug receiving members.

4. ln a range, an oven front frame of cast metal made up of a rectangular baking oven door forming frame section, and broiler oven door forming extensions detachably secured to said oven door forming section.

5. In a stove, an oven door frame of cast metal comprising a rectangular frame provided with hinge box receiving recesses, hinge boxes in said recesses, and broiler oven frame members connected to said rectangular frame and extending `over the lower portions o said hinge boxes.

6. ln a range, an oven front frame provided with underchannelled Side and cross members having bolt receiving openings, said underchannelled members being provided with cross ribs about said bolt receiving openings to reinforce the frame members at such points.

7. ln a stove, an oven door forming frame comprising a main rectangular frame provided 'with hinge box receiving4 recesses, hinge boxes mounted in said recesses', and broiler oven frame extension members connected to said main rectangular frame and extending over and securing said hinge boxes in position.

In testimony whereof I have ailixed my signature.

THOMAS E. TAYLOR. 

